scholarly journals Coupling and Coordination Level of the Population, Land, Economy, Ecology and Society in the Process of Urbanization: Measurement and Spatial Differentiation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3171
Author(s):  
Xuesong Sun ◽  
Zaisheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Hebei Province ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Coordination Degree

Coupled and coordinated development is key to improving the level of regional urbanization and sustainable urban development and has important practical significance for solving a series of problems that arise in the process of rapid urbanization. First, from the perspective of system coupling, the development mechanism of the urbanization internal subsystems was deconstructed into five dimensions: population, land, economy, ecology and society. Second, based on data from 2017, the coupling coordination degree of urbanization in 13 cities in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region was measured using the entropy method and a coupling coordination model. Finally, the spatial differences in the levels of subsystem development, comprehensive development and coupling and coordination development of urbanization were analyzed using spatial analysis tools. The results indicate that there are significant differences in the development indices of urbanization subsystems in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, among which the economic and social development indices have the greatest differences, and the ecological development index has the smallest. The comprehensive urbanization index shows a core–periphery distribution pattern, in which Beijing and Tianjin have the highest values, the cities in middle-southern Hebei Province generally have lower values, and the cities in northern Hebei Province have the lowest values. The coupling coordination level of urbanization in the Beijing–Tianjin–Tangshan region and Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, is high, and the difference is small. In contrast, in middle-southern and northern Hebei Province, the coupling coordination degree of urbanization is generally low, and the difference is large. Based on the current situation of urbanization in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, policy suggestions are proposed from the perspectives of strengthening the market mechanism of urbanization, adjusting the regional industrial structure and attaching importance to the coupled and coordinated development of urbanization.

scholarly journals Analysis of Coupling Coordination Variance between Urbanization Quality and Eco-Environment Pressure: A Case Study of the West Taiwan Strait Urban Agglomeration, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Lin ◽  
Chunyan Lu ◽  
Kaishan Song ◽  
Ying Su ◽  
Yifan Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
The West ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Coordination Degree

Rapid urbanization has affected the eco-environment in China. A clear understanding of the coupling relationship between urbanization quality and eco-environment pressure is needed for sustainable urban development. This study focused on the relationship between urbanization quality and eco-environment pressure in the West Taiwan Strait Urban Agglomeration (WTSUA) with panel data collected from 2003 to 2017. An index system was established to measure urbanization quality from four urbanization subsystems: demographic urbanization, spatial urbanization, economic urbanization, and social urbanization. An index of eco-environment pressure was developed from resource availability, energy consumption, pollution emissions, and pressure response. The level of urbanization quality and eco-environment pressure was assessed using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy method (EM). The coupling process was described using a coupling coordination degree model. Results showed the following: (1) Economic urbanization contributed the most to urbanization quality. The contribution of the four subsystems to eco-environment pressure was similar. (2) Eco-environment pressure decreased with improving urbanization quality. The coupling coordination degree between urbanization quality and eco-environment pressure increased. Spatially, the coupling coordination degree of eastern cities was higher than that of western cities. The findings of this paper will help government in planning and implementing sustainable urban development and eco-environment conservation.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Coordinated Development of Economy and Ecological Environment of Eastern City Group in Qinghai Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 03015
Author(s):  
Yatian Liu ◽  
Shengxi Ding
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Qinghai Province ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Coordination Degree

Firstly, this article uses the Entropy method to calculate the weights of economic development and ecological environment indicators in the eastern urban agglomeration of Qinghai Province from 2005 to 2019. Secondly, this article uses the calculated weights and linear weighting functions to construct evaluation models for economic development and ecological environment development, respectively. The results show that the comprehensive development level of the economic development in the eastern urban agglomeration of Qinghai Province cities is gradually rising, and the comprehensive development level of the ecological environment fluctuates slightly but the overall development trend is increasing. Then, using the Environmental-Economic Coordination degree evaluation model, quantitative analysis and evaluation of the Environmental-Economic system coordination degree, it is found that the coordinated development of the economic and ecological environment of the eastern urban agglomeration in Qinghai Province is relatively well. Finally, it analysis and proposes countermeasures and suggestions to promote the coordinated development of the economic and environmental system of the eastern urban agglomeration in Qinghai Province.

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Comprehensive Measurements of Chinese Citizens’ Health Levels and Associated Influencing Factors

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenyu Lu ◽  
Shulei Jin ◽  
Xianglong Tang ◽  
Chengpeng Lu ◽  
Hengji Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Urbanization Rate

Health is the basis of a good life and a guarantee of a high quality of life. Furthermore, it is a symbol of social development and progress. How to further improve the health levels of citizens and reduce regional differences in citizens’ health status has become a research topic of great interest that is attracting attention globally. This study takes 31 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) of China as the research object. Through using GIS (Geographic Information System) technology, the entropy method, spatial autocorrelation, stepwise regression, and other quantitative analysis methods, measurement models and index systems are developed in order to perform an analysis of the spatio-temporal comprehensive measurements of Chinese citizens’ health levels. Furthermore, the associated influencing factors are analyzed. It has important theoretical and practical significance. The conclusions are as follows: (1) Between 2002 and 2018, the overall health levels of Chinese citizens have generally exhibited an upward trend. Moreover, for most provinces, the health levels of their citizens have improved dramatically, although some provinces, such as Tianjin and Henan, showed a fluctuating downward trend, suggesting that the health levels of citizens in these regions displayed a tendency to deteriorate. (2) The health levels of citizens from China’s various provinces showed clear spatial distribution characteristics of clustering, as well as an obvious spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity. As time goes by, the degree of spatial clustering with regard to citizens’ health levels tends to weaken. The health levels of Chinese citizens have developed a certain temporal stability, the overall health status of Chinese citizens shows a spatial differentiation of a northeast–southwest distribution pattern. (3) The average years of education and urbanization rate have a significant positive effect on the improvement of citizens’ health levels. The increase of average years of education and urbanization rate can promote the per capita income, which certainly could help improve citizens’ health status. The Engel coefficient, urban–rural income ratio, and amount of wastewater discharge all pose a significant negative effect on the improvement of citizens’ health levels, these three factors have played important roles in hindering the improvements of citizen health.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Decoupling of Population, Economy and Construction Land Changes in Hebei Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Shi ◽  
Duan ◽  
Chen ◽  
Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Hebei Province ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Construction Land ◽  
Land Protection ◽  
Spatial Differences ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions

Under the context of rapid urbanization, how to use construction land resources under the dual pressure of socioeconomic growth and cultivated land protection is critical to resource utilization and sustainable development. Thus, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to study the relationship between socioeconomic change and construction land expansion. Based on decoupling theory, this study constructed a two-dimensional model to analyze the population-construction land and economy (non-agricultural GDP)-construction land decoupling status and characteristics in Hebei Province at the county level. Then, a decoupling-based construction land-use zoning model was built to explore construction land saving and intensive utilization strategies in different construction land-use zones. The results show that (1) the construction land area, population and non-agricultural GDP in Hebei Province increased in the study period, but there were spatial differences in the hot areas of growth. (2) In the population-construction land dimension, the growth of the population and construction land in Hebei Province was generally in an uncoordinated state. According to the results of the calculation, the samples of counties whose relationships between population and construction land were uncoordinated accounted for 75.76% of all counties, and 68.94% of all counties demonstrated weak decoupling. (3) In the economy-construction land dimension, 89.39% of all counties in Hebei Province had coordinated relationships between economy and construction land change. The expansion negative decoupling was the main decoupling state in Hebei Province in this dimension. (4) On the basis of two-dimensional decoupling type results, the construction land-use in Hebei was divided into four zones: “Population–economy dual coordinated”, “population unilateral coordinated”, “economy unilateral coordinated” and “population–economy dual uncoordinated”. The results showed that the “economy unilateral coordinated” zone included 68.18% of all counties. According to the characteristics of different construction land-use zones, this study provided various regulatory and control countermeasures and suggestions to improve the efficiency of construction land-use and to promote sustainable development in Hebei Province.

Study on Novel Structures the Coordinated Development between Urbanization and Water Environment in Huzhou City, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 1040-1047
Author(s):  
Shuang Shuang Ma ◽  
You Peng Xu ◽  
Yu Long Shao
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Assessment Index ◽  
Assessment Index System ◽  
Index Weight ◽  
Coordination Function ◽  
Coordination Degree

Taking Huzhou city as an example, the landscape spatial pattern and water quality were selected respectively as the space urbanization module and water environment level module, to construct the coupling coordination degree assessment index system. Entropy method was used to calculate the index weight and the comprehensive evaluation value of urbanization and water environment, and coupling coordination degree model to analyze the coordination degree between them. The results indicate that the coupling coordination degree between urbanization and water environment in the study period presented a fluctuation trend of deteriorating fist and improving afterwards, overall in barely coordination state, and the coordination function was weak. The coupling coordination types show a volatility trend in the way of urbanization lag-water environment retarded-urbanization lag. Analysis of the coordination between urbanization and water environment could provide theoretical bases and policy implications for achieving both goals of the urbanization level progress and water environment protection.

Empirical Analysis on the Coordinated Development between Economy and Culture

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 4208-4211
Author(s):  
Bing Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Hebei Province ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Development State ◽  
Coordination Development ◽  
Coordination Degree

According to the coordinated development connotations of regional culture and economy, set up index system and used the coordination degree model to measure the coordination development state and process between culture and economy in Hebei Province based on relevant statistical data from 2004 to 2011. The results showed that the development of culture and economy in Hebei province has experienced five stages. The development degree and the growth of cultural industry were the main factors to promote the coordination degree. Finally, made some recommendations based on the results.

scholarly journals Coordinated Development between Assistance to Tibet and Tourism Development: Spatial Patterns and Influencing Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Song Liu ◽  
Xia Xie ◽  
Xiaofei Zhang ◽  
Chunshan Zhou ◽  
Yonglong Cai
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Tibet Autonomous Region ◽  
Degree Of Coupling ◽  
Coordination Degree

The Chinese government has provided various forms of assistance to the Tibet Autonomous Region and has substantially improved their facilities, which has had a positive influence on the development of tourism in Tibet. The present study investigated how assistance to Tibet (AT) coordinates with tourism development (TD) by exploring the patterns and influencing factors of AT and TD using statistical data from 74 prefectural units from 1991 to 2015. The findings led to several conclusions: (1) AT displayed strong and constant coupling interactions with TD, and the coupling coordination degree increased from moderately unbalanced development (MUD) to barely balanced development (BBD). However, the coupling coordination degree remains low (MUD) in most prefectural units; (2) in 2015, the degree of coupling coordination displayed a “core-periphery” spatial pattern (i.e., low in center and high in the periphery), which highly coincides with the patterns of AT (x) and TD (y), and should thus be improved further; and (3) both AT factors and TD factors have significant effects on the spatial differentiation of coupling coordination degree but not on the coupling degree. This study expands research on coupling coordination and AT and provides scientific guidance for further coordinating AT and TD.

scholarly journals Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Urban Resilience and Its Influencing Factors: Evidence from the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2593
Author(s):  
Fei Ma ◽  
Zuohang Wang ◽  
Qipeng Sun ◽  
Kum Fai Yuen ◽  
Yanxia Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Grey Correlation Analysis

Rapid urbanization places great pressure on the ecological environment and the carrying capacity of cities. Improving urban resilience has become an inherent requirement for the sustainable development of modern cities and urban agglomerations. This study constructed a comprehensive system to evaluate urban resilience from four perspectives: The ecological environment, economic level, social environment, and infrastructure services. As a case study, the extreme entropy method and panel data from about 16 cities from 2009 to 2016 were used to calculate resilience levels in the Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration (GPUA) in China. The spatial and temporal evolution of urban resilience characteristics in the GPUA were analyzed using ArcGIS. The influencing factors were further explored using a grey correlation analysis. The results showed that the urban resilience of GPUA experienced geographical differentiation in the “East-Central-Western” area and a “circle type” evolution process. Most urban resilience levels were low. The resilience of the infrastructure and the ecological environment significantly impacted the city and became its development weaknesses. Economic considerations have become one of the main factors influencing fluctuations in urban resilience. In summary, this study explored the differences in resilience in the GPUA and provided a reference for improving the urban resilience of other cities located in underdeveloped regions. The study also provided a useful theoretical basis for sustainable urban development.

scholarly journals Coupling Coordination and Prediction Research of Tourism Industry Development and Ecological Environment in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Yun Yang ◽  
Rong Wang ◽  
Junlan Tan
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Method ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Gray Model ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Coordination Degree

Based on the data relevant to China’s tourism industry and ecological environment from 2005 to 2018, the entropy method and the coupling coordination degree model were used to analyze the coupling degree and coupling coordination degree of the tourism industry’s development and the ecological environment, and the GM (1.1) gray model was used to predict these values in the future. The model provided predictions and illustrated the trend in the changes in the degree of coordination between the development of China’s tourism industry and the ecological environment for the next five years. The results show the following. (1) The coupling degree between China’s tourism industry and the ecological environment was between 0.3 and 0.5. It was in the low-level coupling stage in 2005 and 2006 and generally low in 2005–2009, lower than the average level of 0.4204. In 2018, the coupling degree between the development of China’s tourism industry and the ecological environment was mainly in a stage of antagonism, reaching a peak of 0.4998 in 2013. The coupling degree declined slightly from 2013 to 2015 and then began to show an upward trend again in 2016. (2) The average coupling coordination level of China’s tourism industry development and ecological environment was 0.4266, which is in the medium coupling coordination stage. From 2007 to 2013, it was mainly in the phase of moderate coupling and coordination and high coupling and coordination from 2014 to 2018. (3) From the prediction results, the coupling degree will enter the coupling degree running-in stage in 2021 and the extreme coordination stage in 2023, but the coupling growth level during the running-in period will be significantly lower than the coupling coordination degree. Coordinated development of the two systems will take a long time, and active economic policies need to be adopted to promote their coordinated development.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Coordinated Development of Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits of Urban Public Transportation Infrastructure: The Case of Four Chinese Autonomous Municipalities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Sun ◽  
Yin Cui ◽  
Zhimei Tao
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Transportation Infrastructures ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Coordination Degree

The economic, social and environmental benefits generated by the use of urban public transportation infrastructure constitute a complex dynamic urban public transportation infrastructure utilization benefit system. This paper evaluates the coupling coordination among these three benefits taking four Chinese autonomous municipalities as an example. These four cities have large-scale urban public transportation infrastructures but their utilization has many serious problems. The basic function of urban public transportation infrastructure has not been fully played in these cities. Whether the different benefits of urban public transportation infrastructure have been developed in harmony or not is unclear. We analyzed the coordinated development among three benefits by constructing coupling coordination degree model and used Gini coefficient to study the difference of coordinated development among three benefits of four cities. The result shows that the levels of coordinated development among three benefits of urban public transportation infrastructure were lower in these four cities and have positive correlation with it of urban public transportation infrastructure utilization benefit. Raising the level of urban public transportation infrastructure utilization benefit is the most crucial solution of promoting the coordinated development among three benefits.

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